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Old 09-06-2009, 10:42 AM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by cmac2012 View Post
It's an interesting concept, the public fire dept. thing that is. When a building is burning, questions aren't asked about whether the building or its owners are worthy to have the fire put out at public expense. The public, over time, has found that the cost of uncontrolled fires can tend to be far more than that required to put them out.
I have run across subscription fire departments. There's a yearly fee. If you don't pay the fee, the firemen won't fight the fire. Don't know if there are many of those left, but that kind of system is not unlike the current health care situation.
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